Summary

Senator Bernie Sanders condemned Trumpā€™s order to freeze all federal loans and grants, calling it a ā€œdangerous move towards authoritarianismā€ and ā€œblatantly unconstitutional.ā€

The directive, exempting Social Security and Medicare, is expected to impact universities, nonprofits, food assistance programs, health centers, and disabled veterans.

Sanders emphasized that Congress holds the ā€œpower of the purseā€ and urged Americans to oppose the order.

Attorneys general are preparing legal challenges to overturn the freeze.

  • kittenzrulz123@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    1 day ago

    I may not personally be a fan of Bernie (hes a centrist and im a leftist) but he would be an absolutely incredible compromise candidate (granted ideally we would not need to compromise with capitalists). Sadly even a compromise between labor and capital is ā€œtoo muchā€ for the ruling class.

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      Bernie isnā€™t perfect, but heā€™s been the only candidate who holds some left-leaning ideologies without being totally impossible to elect.

      Itā€™s too bad he got shut down for Hillary, and now heā€™s much too old to start a pres. term.